Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

112th Congress (2012 cycle)

Debate on how to solve the country's environmental problems begins in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. These issues range from creating cleaner air and water to cleaning up America's Superfund sites to preserving endangered species and wildlife. Contributors to this committee, therefore, are both groups that are fighting against pollution and industries being accused of polluting. The committee also draws a lot of donations from transportation and construction interests that lobby for federal highway and transit projects.

Sectors Contributing to Members of this Committee, 2012 Election Cycle

PACs

Indivs

Agribusiness

$2,330,486

$1,780,937

Communic/Electronics

$2,570,460

$5,572,894

Construction

$1,631,884

$2,639,161

Defense

$1,107,550

$257,934

Energy/Nat Resource

$3,765,349

$2,885,986

Finance/Insur/RealEst

$6,639,664

$18,142,263

Health

$5,641,769

$5,601,514

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$2,004,492

$15,359,479

Transportation

$2,334,934

$1,191,102

Misc Business

$3,749,397

$8,322,664

Labor

$3,575,778

$32,112

Ideology/Single-Issue

$6,685,589

$7,257,490

Other

$150,900

$11,444,790

Committee-Related Industries

This committee has jurisdiction over a few select, identifiable groups,
so we have highlighted contributions from the following in "Member Money,"
"Top Industries," and "Committee-Related Industries":

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